Alaska Federally Recognized Indian Tribes

Indian Tribal Entities within the
contiguous 48 states, Recognized and Eligible to Receive Services From the
United States Bureau of Indian Affairs

The Office of Federal Acknowledgment (OFA) within the Office
of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior
(DOI) implements Part 83 of Title 25 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
Procedures for Establishing that an American Indian Group Exists as an Indian
Tribe. The acknowledgment process is the Department's administrative process by
which petitioning groups that meet the criteria are "acknowledged" as Indian
tribes and their members become eligible to receive services provided to members
of federally recognized Indian tribes. The acknowledgment regulations are the
result of a rulemaking process that included notice and extensive public
comment.